In the main breakroom at my place of work. The other technical writer and I can chuckle about this; I doubt (m)any others notice.
What do fresh pies possess?
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Witch’s the new witch?
http://arbroath.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/wookey-hole-witch-hanging-up-her.html
Teacher’s error wins – hand’s down
My granddaughter made a Father’s Day poster at school, with a little help from her teacher. Seems like the teacher needs a little help too.
A “rural” approach to branding!!
This is a Wairarapa example of the misplaced apostrophe which arrived in our rural letterbox recently. There is also a question about the spelling of a relatively new word used in the rural field – balage versus baleage!!
John, Wairarapa, NZ
CNN Guilty of Apostrophe Abuse
I was shocked to see this screen on CNN in a story about a man finding a dead snake in his case of beer.
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2013/09/03/dnt-tx-man-finds-snake-in-beer-case.ktrk.html
Buttery Bakery
An unfortunate sign for a great little bakery in Kapaa on Kauai, HI
Why children don’t understand apostrophes
This is printed on a t-shirt at an unnamed store (hint: it has three letters and means the same thing as “space”). Rainbow’s? Really?
Million dollar shopping centre refurb bungle…
My local Westfield Shopping Centre in Queensland, Australia, is in the middle of a multi million dollar refurbishment. After spending all that money, one of the new signs lets the whole thing down.
Culinary Catastrope
Found on a kiddie-ride at the mall. No wonder the next generation is grammatically challenged.
Hang on to Your Hat’s!
This is a kiosk at a mall in Massachusetts. I’m always amazed when a business obviously spends good $$ to have a professional sign made and no one (competent) bothers to proofread it.
